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P. Joseph Lamanna
P. Joseph Lamanna

OF PEOPLE AND PLACES

New York Times, Sunday, May 5, 1946

27-Across : Invigorating.

Author:
P. J. Lamanna
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 166, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 655 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 136, Cheaters: 11, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 75
P. Joseph Lamanna has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
P. J. Lamanna is an alias for P. Joseph Lamanna.
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© 1946, The New York TimesNo. 221
Across
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Comprehension. : UPTAKE
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Horns used by ancient Hebrews. : SHOPHARS
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Enclose within foreign territory. : ENCLAVE
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House minority leader. : MARTIN
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Counterpane. : COVERLET
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What anopheles transmits to man. : MALARIA
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Pipes made of root wood. : BRIERS
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Object of intense dislike. : ANATHEMA
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Invigorating. : BRACING
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Betrayer: Slang. : RAT
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He awaits report of Barkley committee. : KIMMEL
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Fashionable district in London. : MAYFAIR
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Like: Suffix. : OSE
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In a frenzied manner. : AMOK
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Open-mouthed. : GAPY
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Stint. : TASK
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Valuator. : ASSESSOR
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Members of lily family. : ONIONS
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Store. : SHOP
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Prominent features of a fennec. : EARS
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Australian tree. : TOON
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Zigzags. : TACKS
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Either Bear. : URSA
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Most vapid. : DRIEST
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Sovereignty. : EMPERY
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It bears checkerberries. : WINTERGREEN
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River joining Danube at Belgrade. : SAVA
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Blue. : PERSE
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Foreign Minister of Argentina. : COOKE
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President of Smith College; Editor-in-Chief of Webster dictionaries (1869-1946). : NEILSON
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Auto. : CAR
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Japanese statesman (1841-1909). : ITO
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Where the ex-Kaiser lived in Holland. : DOORN
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Premier of Spanish Republican Govt.-in-Exile. : GIRAL
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Impure metal formed beneath slag. : REGULI
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Machine parts. : CAMS
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Apology. : PLEA
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Image. : ICON
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Drudged. : MOILED
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French Ambassador to U. S. : BONNET
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Trifle. : STRAW
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Town in Hesse, on the Rhine. : BINGEN
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Wash. : LOTION
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Form of silica. : OPAL
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Foment. : ABET
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Cloy. : SATE
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Wing-footed, as the bat. : ALIPED
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Reddish yellow. : IVORY
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Becomes dismal. : GRAYS
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Sesame. : TIL
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1004. : MIV
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Oklahomans. : SOONERS
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President of France. : GOUIN
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Sphere of action. : ARENA
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Easy ___. : ACES
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Excelled in cerebration. : OUTREASONED
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Crown. : DIADEM
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Cleft. : PARTED
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Inveigle. : LURE
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Niece of Mr. Peggotty. : EMILY
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Capital of S. Spanish province. : JAEN
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Fawning aper. : SNOB
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Promontory. : NESS
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Chief organic basis of bone tissue. : OSSEIN
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Their capital is Lhasa. : TIBETANS
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Lap robes. : RUGS
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Cut off short. : CROP
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Destine. : DOOM
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Santa: Abbr. : STA
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Microscopic protean animals. : AMOEBAS
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Native of N. W. France. : BRETON
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Sufficient. : DUE
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Arrayer. : ATTIRER
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Sticking together. : ADHESION
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City in central Kansas. : SALINA
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Later portion of Tertiary. : NEOCENE
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Sufferable. : BEARABLE
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Town in N. E. France, on the Moselle. : EPINAL
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Restrains. : ARRESTS
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Complete costume. : ENSEMBLE
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Turns away. : REPELS
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Shadow. : UMBRA
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High plateau, as in the Andes. : PARAMO
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Sea demigod. : TRITON
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Bored into. : ATE
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Recent Ambassador to Italy. : KIRK
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Naval rank. : ENSIGNCY
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Rapscallion. : SCAMP
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Flatters. : HONEYS
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Ellipsoidal. : OVAL
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Sulk. : PET
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Royal title: Abbr. : HRH
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Standards of Ottoman Empire. : ALEMS
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Refashion. : REMAKE
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Allay. : STAY
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Positions in State Dept. : EMBASSIES
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Nostril. : NARIS
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Purplish reds. : CLARETS
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Resin from an insect. : LAC
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Characterized by melody: Music. : ARIOSO
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Chairman of House Naval Affairs Comm. : VINSON
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Athirst. : EAGER
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Festive dance. : MASK
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"Lame duck" President of Argentina. : FARRELL
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Birds. : KITES
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Fruity German cake. : TORTE
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Projecting part of building. : APSE
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Topers. : SOTS
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Rowed. : OARED
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Large piece: Colloq. : HUNK
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Name of six Popes. : ADRIAN
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Promised emphatically. : SWORE
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Herb of aster familly. : ARNICA
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Outrageous act. : ENORMITY
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Heroic. : EPIC
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Of chemical changes in cells. : METABOLIC
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Tending to advance. : PROMOTIVE
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One of the Hebrides. : IONA
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He headed the 15th Army. : GEROW
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Having a sting. : ACULEATED
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New Yorker now reorganizing Japanese police. : VALENTINE
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Insipid. : ARID
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Revolver. : COLT
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Gaseous element. : NEON
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Policy for Manchuria desired by U. S. : OPENDOOR
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Maidenly. : GIRLY
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Speedy rowboats. : GIGS
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Fragment. : SNIP
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Denials. : NOES
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Resistant resting cell in plants. : SPORE
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Of the ankle. : TARSAL
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Thing of small value. : BEAN
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Priest in Tibet. : LAMA
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Exaggerate. : OVERDO
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Chill. : AGUE
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GI spouse. : BRIDE
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Its capital was Susa. : ELAM
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Feeling deeply. : INTENSE
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Glides. : SAILS
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Surpasses in stertor. : OUTSNORES
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Tusks. : GORES
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Certain things. : ONES
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Shone. : RAYED
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Graf ___, scuttled Dec. 17, 1939, off Montevideo. : SPEE
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Hymned. : SUNG
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Adjuster. : DISPOSER
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Giant red star in Scorpio. : ANTARES
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Disputed. : MOOT
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Act nervous: Slang. : JITTER
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Voider of a nuisance: Law. : ABATOR
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Asst. Secy. of State for Latin American Affairs. : BRADEN
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Spiral design. : SCROLL
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Blackish-gray element. : IODINE
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Of a part of speech. : NOUNAL
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Lake in N. Ethiopia, source of Blue Nile. : TSANA
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Catkin. : AMENT
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Goddess of dawn: Vedic myth. : USHAS
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French name. : RENEE
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Board. : MEALS
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Innocent. : BABE
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Support for trestletrees. : BIBB
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Back of neck. : NAPE
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Diamonds: Slang. : ICE
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Rather than. : ERE
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Speaker Rayburn. : SAM
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Speech. : LIP

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 69 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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